Hunting tags?

Question

Isn't it a little ridiculous that for most animals and in most states, you can only buy one tag per year?! I am moving to Oregon, and can't wait to start hunting, and it makes me mad that I can only have one deer, one elk, etc. PER YEAR! Anyone else bothered by this??

Answer 1

Yea ... that would make me mad.  I live in Illinois and you can get more than 1 tag.  Is there a shortage of deer or elk and such there in Oregon or something.  That would be the only reason why I could see them limitting the tags.

Answer 2

That would be a disaster for me- it takes 5-6 deer a year to feed my family, and the legal limit is 6. But this year any you may kill 2 more does in any of the state wildlife refuges- these 2 does will not count toward your limit of six deer, effectively making it an 8 deer limit this year, I live in the south, and we seem to have more liberal limits then the northern or western states do - in the state of Alabama there is no limit on the deer- you may kill one per day each day of the season-and the bow season lasts over 120 days. There is also plenty of deer in the south, almost to the point of the deer becoming a nuisance.- a farmer with a crop in the field, can kill every deer that comes into his field- all year long- but listen to this- he is not allowed to eat the deer -they have to be left in the field to rot- This is one of those believe it or not type of laws- why is this? The deer is dead-he has the legal right to shoot them to protect his crops- why should they care if he eats them or not?

Answer 3

If you were to suddenly give two tags to each person, you would possibly be doubling the amount of animals kill or dividing your chances of getting a tag in half. It just doesn't work that well to just say "give more than one out" without having a plan to support such an idea.

Answer 4

wel i do believe that you can only CARRY one tag at a time. Some zones dont sell there quota in tags, so after you shoot your deer. go and apply for another tag. (check if it is legal first)

Answer 5

Last year in NC we had a max hunting season were you could only take 2 antlered deer but 4 antlerless. But you could get extra antlerless tags , prety much as many does as you could get and I don't think many does were taken so maybe the limits will be the same this year. We are way over populated with whitetail deer here. People here only shoot for antlers I think.

Answer 6

well because alot of people hunt in that area and you can decrease the population and not have any

one year in Delaware u could only case foxes 2 years later the population increased and now u can hunt 2 a year  k

let the population regain and u can get more lol our doe pop is outragous u can kill so many around here

Answer 7

One of the really challenging things about being a true sportsman is abiding by the rules, whether it's bag limits, season dates, or size rules. I have had to put back some fish that broke my heart because they were just a little too small. The way to look at it, I guess, is to reconcile with the idea that the deer that you couldn't shoot this year will just be bigger next year, and more, healthier deer make better hunting for all of us.